Jeremiah 27 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

In the beginning^H7225 of the reign^H4467 of [fn]Zedekiah^H6667 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977, king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, this^H2088 word^H1697 came^H1961 to Jeremiah^H3414 from Yahweh^H3068, saying^H559—

Jer 27:2

Jer 27:2thus says Yahweh to me-“Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck,

Jer 27:3

Jer 27:3and you shall send [fn]word to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the sons of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the hand of messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Jer 27:4

Jer 27:4“And you shall command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters,

Jer 27:5

Jer 27:5“I have made the earth, the men, and the animals which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is right in My eyes.

Jer 27:6

Jer 27:6“So now, I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have given him even the wild beasts of the field to serve him.

Jer 27:7

Jer 27:7“All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will [fn]make him their servant.

Jer 27:8

“And it will be, that the nation^H1471 or the kingdom^H4467 which^H834 will not serve^H5647 him, Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, and which^H834 will not put^H5414 its neck^H6677 under the yoke^H5923 of the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, I will punish^H6485 that nation^H1471 with the sword^H2719, with famine^H7458, and with pestilence^H1698,” declares^H5002 Yahweh^H3068, “until^H5704 I have brought^H8552 [fn]it to^H8552 an end^H8552 by his hand^H3027.

Jer 27:9

Jer 27:9“But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [fn]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

Jer 27:10

Jer 27:10“For they prophesy a lie to you in order to remove you far from your land; and I will banish you, and you will perish.

Jer 27:11

Jer 27:11“But the nation which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it on its land,” declares Yahweh, “and they will serve it and inhabit it.”’”

Jer 27:12

I spoke^H1696 words^H1697 like all^H3605 these^H428 to Zedekiah^H6667 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, saying^H559, “Bring^H935 your necks^H6677 under the yoke^H5923 of the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 and serve^H5647 him and his people^H5971, and live^H2421!

Jer 27:13

Jer 27:13“Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine, and pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon?

Jer 27:14

Jer 27:14“So do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a lie to you;

Jer 27:15

Jer 27:15for I have not sent them,” declares Yahweh, “but they prophesy a lie in My name, in order that I may banish you and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Jer 27:16

Then I spoke^H1696 to the priests^H3548 and to all^H3605 this^H2088 people^H5971, saying^H559, “Thus^H3541 says^H559 Yahweh^H3068: Do not listen^H8085 to the words^H1697 of your prophets^H5030 who prophesy^H5012 to you, saying^H559, ‘Behold^H2009, the vessels^H3627 of the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068 will now^H6258 shortly^H4120 be returned^H7725 from Babylon^H894’; for they are prophesying^H5012 a lie^H8267 to you.

Jer 27:17

Jer 27:17“Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a waste place?

Jer 27:18

Jer 27:18“But if they are prophets, and if the word of Yahweh is with them, let them now intercede with Yahweh of hosts that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

Jer 27:19

Jer 27:19“For thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

Jer 27:20

Jer 27:20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

Jer 27:21

Jer 27:21“Indeed, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem,

Jer 27:22

Jer 27:22‘They will be brought to Babylon, and they will be there until the day I [fn]visit them,’ declares Yahweh. ‘Then I will bring them up and return them to this place.’”

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LSB Footnotes

Many mss Jehoiakim

Lit them

Or enslave him

Lit them

Lit dreams

Same Heb root as “punish” in Jer, cf. 5:9; 9:8; 29:32; 30:20

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